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EAP971/5/2/98
- Record Id:
- 040-004067243
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004067140
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100139555921.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP971/5/2/98
- Title:
- Alexander Johnston Paper
- Scope & Content:
-
(1) eight mss pages about Sir Alexander Johnston, poor condition; (2) mss document marked, "delivered by the Chief Justice April 19, 1837"; (3) 1815 mss letter; (4) 1901 letter from Louis Campbell-Johnston to Conway; (5) typed copy of, "Report on the Tamil documents in the Government Archives: Report on the correspondence between the King of Kandy and the Nawab of Arcot," by Rasanayagam; (6) 9 page mss document about the Johnson's family home in Madurai and A.J.'s claim to it; (7) 1813 mss letter from A.J.; (8) mss document detailing the measures taken by A.J. as Chief Justice of Ceylon; (9) 1828 mss letter from A.J.; (10) 1815 mss letter from A.J.; (11) 1814, 1815, 1834 mss letters to A.J., difficult to read, some by the same hand; (12) two mss documents by A.J. giving power of attorney to the Honourable William Oliver of Madras and John Carnae Morris of the Madras Civil Service.
Size and dimensions of original material: 1 file of 106 pages.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004067140
036-004067145
040-004067243 - Is part of:
- EAP971/5 : Evelyn Rutnam Institute
EAP971/5/2 : Alexander Johnston Papers
EAP971/5/2/98 : Alexander Johnston Paper - Hierarchy:
- 032-004067140[0002]/036-004067145[0097]/040-004067243
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP971/5
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 110 Tiff images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP971-5-2-99
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1813
- End Date:
- 1834
- Date Range:
- 1813-1834
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only. CC BY-NC.
- Former External References:
- Folder 143
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)